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pampas, campo, llano, savannah or savanna, steppe, tundra,
champaign or campagna; heath; moor, moorland; plateau, flatland;
down, downland, Literary wold, Archaic or literary mead: The
plain stretched out before us as far as the eye could see.
plan n. 1 design, layout, blueprint, scheme, method, procedure,
system, arrangement, programme, project, formula, pattern,
Colloq script, scenario: The plan called for monthly progress
meetings. The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley. 2
drawing, sketch, design, layout, blueprint, chart, map, diagram,
representation: This plan shows where the furniture will be
placed.
--v. 3 lay out or down, design, arrange, devise, outline,
organize, plot, map out, delineate, develop: She has been
invited to plan the new shopping mall. 4 intend, expect,
envisage, envision, foresee, aim, contemplate, propose: Were
you planning to go to the cinema tonight?
plane n. 1 flat or level (surface): The lines meet in the same
plane. 2 aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, jet (plane): I caught
the next plane for Marrakesh.
--adj. 3 flat, even, level, smooth, plain, regular, unbroken,
uninterrupted, uniform, horizontal: We landed on the plane
surface of the glacier.
--v. 4 glide, skim, skate, skid, slip, slide: I swiftly planed
along on my sailboard.
plank n. board, timber, slab: The flooring was made up of wide
planks laid side by side.
plant n. 1 flower, vegetable, herb, bush, shrub, tree, vine, weed:
Because of all the rain, the plants are flourishing this summer.
2 factory, mill, shop, works, workshop, foundry: The new plant
in Crawley is hiring lathe operators. 3 equipment, machinery,
apparatus; gear, fixtures: The plant includes heavy cranes,
JCBs, earth movers, and bulldozers. 4 spy, (undercover or
secret) agent, informer, informant: The new assistant is a
plant, sent in by management to report on union activities.
--v. 5 bed (out), sow, seed, set (out), transplant: We planted